Merchants coupon-book



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' J. T. PLANT.

MERGHANTS COUPON BOOKP No. 560,535. Patented May 19, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JAMES T. PLANT, OF MQNTIOELLO, MINNESOTA.

MERCHANTS douPoN-BooK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 560,535, dated May 19,189

Application filed February 10, 1396. Serial No. 578,704. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES T. PLANT, of Monticello, W'right county,Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMerchants Coupon-Books, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to coupon-books, and the object which I have inview is to provide a merchants coupon-book provided with a series ofcoupons of different denomination to be presented and torn off by thestorekeeper or clerk when a sale is made, said book being also providedwith a slip upon which the date of the sale or removal of the coupon isnoted, thereby forming a check for the convenience of the customer, anda further object is to provide a coupon-book of such construction thatit will not be possible to use the book a second time or after theoriginal coupons have been removed Without detection.

My invention consists generally in providing a cover or case havingpockets in each side to receive coupon-bearing cards adapted to iittherein, each card being provided with a series of coupons of differentdenominations arranged in groups and said case or cover being providedwith one or more holes ar ranged to register with similar holes in thecoupon-bearing cards and coupons, thereby forming continuous openingsextending entirely through the book when the cards are placed in theirproper position within the pockets, all as hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective of a coupon-book embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is asimilar view with the coupon-bearing cards drawn out. Fig. 3 is asectional view on the line 00 :r of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 2 represents the cover or case of the book, which maybe made of any suitable material, preferably heavy paper, and having itsends bent in opposite directions over the middle portion, therebyforming the pockets 3 and 4, in which are placed the coupon-bearingcards 5 and 6. The edges of thecover are held together by a binding ofany suitable material, forming a rectangular-shaped case or receptacle,and open at the ends. The cover or case is provided with the holes oropenings 7 and 8, which extend entirely through the same. The cover isalso provided upon one face with the numeral representing the value ofthe book and also with blanks in which the number of the cover may beinserted and also the name of the owner and the person or firm by whomit is to be redeemed. Upon the end of the cover and upon either side isprinted or stamped the value of each coupon upon the adjacent side ofthe coupon bearing card within the pocket. Each card is provided uponeither side with a series of coupons of different denomination, theleaves of coupons of the same denomination being arranged in groups andeach leaf being provided at one side of the card with a strip formingstubs for each coupon, each stub bearing a number corresponding to thenumeral stamped on the opposite coupon and being provided with a blankspace within which may be marked the date of the removal of the oppositecoupon. Each card is provided with the holes 9 and 10 and 11 and 12,which extend through the overlying coupons and which register with theholes or openings 7 and 8 in the cover, thereby forming continuousholes, which extend entirely through the book. These holes may be placedat intervals in the cover of the book and there may be any number ofthem that may be desired. As the openings in the cover and cards willnot register unless the proper card is placed in the proper pocket, theclerk or storekeeper can instantly tell at a glance whether the book hasbeen tampered with or not.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A merchants coupon-book, comprising a case orcover provided with one or more pockets, coupon-bearing cards to becarried in said pockets, each card being provided with leaves of couponsof different denomination arranged in groups, said case or cover beingprovided with holes or openings extending entirely through the same, andsaid cards and the leaves of coupons being provided with similaropenings arranged when the cards are entirely within the pockets toregister with the holes in said cover, thereby forming continuousopenings or holes through the book, for the purpose set forth.

2. A merchants coupon-book, comprising a case or cover, having pocketsin each end formed by bending the ends of the material composing thecover in opposite directions, said coverbeing provided with holes oropenings extending entirely through the same, cards for said pockets,each card being provided with leaves of coupons arranged in groups ofthe same denomination each group of leaves being provided at one sidewith a strip to be permanently attached to the card and forming stubsbearing numbers corre- JAMES 'l. PLANT. In presence of- O. G. I'IAWVLEY,M. E. GOOLEY.

